35 NYC Subway Stops Get Wireless Access

The stations cover the west side of Manhattan from 23rd St. to 96th St, including Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center and Columbus Circle. The signals are distributed on fiber optic cable through ducts under city streets to subway stations where the cables connect to multi-band radio frequency (RF) nodes, which are placed on platforms, mezzanines and at various points within public access passageways.

New Yorkers using AT&T and T-Mobile already have service in many stations, and Sprint wireless is reportedly on the way.

The New York subway project comprises more than 22 million square feet of real estate that will receive access to wireless service, that covers everything from 700 megahertz to 6 gigahertz, which includes Wi-Fi, as well as New York City Transit-owned spectrum.